Love

May the Lord Bless you and Keep you all the days of your life.

Becky

If size were what life were about

then we would not matter a bit

Not to the thoughts that man can dream

nor all the sins he could commit

Our mind is what gives us value

sensitive beyond it's design

Compassion and love will endure

in both your children and in mine

This little blue planet of life

the only home that we know of

Holds us in it's loving embrace

as here was born every love

No matter what life can collect

nor how long life grants you in time

Why would it matter to the earth

or to the heights of mountains you climb

Humanity won't remember 

the man who commanded his friends

Only he who gives hope and love

so that life on earth never ends

Author's Note

Can a thought or feeling be larger than a universe? Love is the only trait that is worth remembering because it is meant to be given away selflessly. The recipient is as happy to receive it as you were to give it!

Reviews

[Leigh]

Hi Tate,

If all your neutrons were connected together and engaged at the same time they would be able to create a thought sequence far greater than the size of any universe known to humankind. Your deep thinking mind has stirred the pot and may well bring many others into action and this in itself may start a chain reaction.

Your poetry is a catalyst for other poets and I am always interested in what you have to say

Leigh

[Tate Morgan]

Leigh I am extremely humbled by your thoughts. Thank you so much I hope you have a great Christmas

[Belle]

Your poem beautifully reminds us that life'strue value is not in power or achievement, but in love, compassion, and the hope we give others. I love how it moves from personal reflection to a universal message about legacy and what truly endures.

It is wonderful to read you again, Tate.
BTW, the signature at the end of the poem is beautiful!

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you belle. That’s sweet of you.

[Sunflower/Sara Kendrick]

Yes, love is the most important thing in life. Since we are human, it is hard to love like we should but loving another person can be awesome. Sara Kendrick

[Tate Morgan]

Hi Sara Merry Christmas. Thank you for stopping by and reviewing this. Haven’t been on much

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Tate... we are Jewels in the Atmosphere... we cling to time until the Bell rings. softly, Pat

[Tate Morgan]

Hi Pat Merry Christmas I might add. thank you.

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn..]

Tate.

Long time no see, but it is the same ole me ... You have penned a very touching piece of philosophical thought that serves as hope for a future for all the Human Race... Time will tell out the story plays out, but we can only hope for the best, for whatever intangible essence Love is comprised, constructed, or formulated of implicitly inexplicable, unfathomable, and surely incomprehensible realm that resides not in the Cranial Brain, but within that Brain of the Smart Heart, for it is now Scientifically established that the Human Heart, indeed, possesses a small brain that deals explicitly in feelings and instincts, for Love and for Survival ... Sadly, it is that Cranial Brain, starved by distance from that oxygen pumping heart, that learns to hate, know hatred, and practices hate in wreaking havoc upon Mankind ... Excellently written, my friend, as usual ...

Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you, sure. Love has a quality unique to itself. It is selfless. It cannot be extorted such as in religion where God tells you that you must love him or pay the price. Love Has to be given freely. Or it has no meaning. It can’t be extorted it can’t be bought. It is the one uniquely precious thing that human beings are responsible for. The reason love can wreak havoc and cause pain and such great measure is because it is so precious. It leaves us exposed. I must give of them self in the hope that it will be turned against them. it is the sharing of the heart with another that puts a person out there.

[Tate Morgan]

Hi, sorry some of that came out wrong but you’ll understand my phone doesn’t copy my voice completely

[Aziz Luther]

I like the poem speaking about the true value of things in life. It's not about the accomplishments that one has, but the people that a person has touched. That is remembered in this time and also the next I believe.

[Tate Morgan]

Aziz thank you You understood it correctly

[R J Askew]

Amen to every word of that.

[Tate Morgan]

RJ thank you so much

[Lisasview]

Hi Tate,
Not sure why your words made me cry but probably the reason is that we are just dust in the wind and unless we take life as an adventure and pursue our hopes and dreams and always look and hopefully find love then we are nothing.....
I loved every word of your poem.
lisa, loving our adventure in Spain

[Tate Morgan]

Well Lisa if tears flow in the reading I will smile for having touched your heart. Thank you enjoy Spain

[Lisasview]

You are most welcome,
Lisa, early here is Spain

[Miss Sharon]

( Love is the only trait that is worth remembering ) How true. I enjoyed this post very much Tate. ~Sharon

[Tate Morgan]

Sharon how true. love is the only trait I want to remember.thank you

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you for giving this beautiful poem an airing Tate. I was delighted to read it. What a beautiful photograph of Lucy. The love we have for our children and grandchildren certainly touches the summit. Keep well and happy. You have a real talent with words.

Chris

[Tate Morgan]

Thanks Chris the days are measured By our children as we watch them grow up we realize we are getting old

[ROSALIND]

Felt it feel it the emotion.
Desperation
Longing
Love
Comfort
Humanity
Great picture
Great piece

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you Rosalind I am humbled and honored